i have a 94 9000 cse and it has a valve cover leak. when i make boost upon acceleration it smokes from the exhaust. this happens when i start the car too. could the oil be leaking into the exhaust manifold and be causing this smoke? i don't really wanna spend $500 on a new turbo. thanks.

I bought a 1994 9000 cse with a manual trans for 900 bucks. The guy that sold it to me was very honest and told me that it would be a project (which i wanted) and said the turbo seemed it was failing, it had a coolant leak, and it smoked on startup. On my way home from buying it, i noticed that...

My 96 Saab 900 Turbo after running for a while will heat up (but never overheats) and burna oil as I occasionally see white smoke coming out of the exhaust and smell oil burning out of the muffler, and I sometimes see smoke coming out from underneath the hood, I had too much anti-freeze in the...

Just bought a 1999 9-5 with 177k. The previous owners said that the pcv system leaks and needs to be replaced. The pcv system on the car is not the updated one, so I went ahead and ordered the #6 kit, (yet to receive in mail). I was showing off the car so I was running it on the hard side...

It pains me to have to post a negative comment as my first post to this forum, but it seems like I'm not the only one :roll: SO, outside of having EVERY other common issue that 2003 Saab 9-3 2.0t owners have, I have one that is not so common - or at least not one that I have found on this...

My 01 Saab 9-5 is smoking from the engine after being driven on the highway for 60 miles. There was smoke coming from behind the engine and it smelled like rubber was being burned. The CEL is on and it is a code 730 which is an incorrect gear ratio. The car drives great when the CEL is cleared...